Improvement in corn-poppers



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WILLIAM F. COLLIER, 0F WORCESIER, MASSACHUSETTS..

Letters Patent No. 111,319, dated January 31, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-POPPERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters `Patent and making partei the saine.

To lall whom 'it may concern:

Be it known Athat I, WILLIAM F. COLLIER, of the city and county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain .new and useful Improvementsin Corn-Poppers; Vand I (lo-hereby de clare the following to' be a lfull, clear, and exact d'escription o f 'the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification, in which- .p

Figure l represents a plan lview of my improved corn-poppen y Figure 2 represents a rear view of my improved corn-pepper.' l

"Figure 3 represents a side View ot the handle-connecting device.

Figure 4. represents a side view of .the connecting device drawn to an enlarged scale.

Figure 5 representsaperspectiveview of the screwshank before the wire-connections are attached thereto.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my in vention belongs to make and use the same, I will proceed todescribe it more in detail.

The nature of my invention consists- Y "First, in a peculiarly-constructed screw-shank for connecting the Vpoppenbox to the handle, as hcreinafter described and Second, inthe combination of the screw-shank attachment with the pepper-box or wires I and J, sub-l i ,Stantially as and for the purposeshereinafter setforth.

In the drawingi The part marked A represents the pepper-box.;

B, the cover; 'and C, the screw-shank.

The shank C is made of malleable iron or other suitable metal, cast in the form showniu iig.v 5, thc front end thereof being lprovided with laterally-projecting ear-pieces Dat the upper and under sides oi the` tlat vertical center-piece E.

At a short distance backfromthe ear-pieces D an opening, F, is formed through the central portion ofthe shank, beyond which tlie shank is rounded oli' and provided with a suitable screw-thread, Gfby means of which it is `secured to the wooden hand1e,which handle is not shown Vin` the drawing, as it may be constructed in any desired form. 4

The Popper-box A'is attached to the shank C in `the following manner:

Iwo strands of wire, I and J, are passed through `the openings F, and their ends bent around to the front, parallel with the .centerpiece E, against which they are firmly secured by clinching down upon them hooked into holes formed in the biudingL at the front edge of the pepper-box, where they are securely clinched.

i The ends of the wire J are vbent `to the right and left at'the end'of the shank, and arepassed through vholes in the binding L at the rear side of the box, as

shown at N, after which the ends-are clinched down upon the inside of the binding, as indicated at P.

'Ihe cover B is attached to the box A by means of 4a piece of wire, (L), the 4ends of which are passed through holes in the bindings L and L', and bent so as to form ring-hinges It.

The central part of the wire Q is held between the wires I and J, as shown iu 4.

By this method of construction a veryliirm and stili` connection is obtained between the pepper-box and handle. l

It will be seen from the foregoing description that thehandle can be removed from the screw G, while the latter remains securely attached to 'theA popperbox A.

rlhe front end of the shank C may be made iu a different manner from that shown in tbedrawing,

provided it is so made that it can be securely attached to the poppe'r-box. v

Having described my improvements in cornpoppers,

What I claim therein as new and of lmy invention7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The peculiarly-constructed screw-shank attachment C D E Cr, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the screw-shank attachment with the popper-box or wires I and J, substantially as and for the purposes .set forth.

` WM. F. COLLIER.

Witnesses:

Trios. H. DODGE, A. E. Piemon. 

